Calm prevailed for a time but Wednesday soon turned into the most dramatic day of the tournament. Lucie Safarova officially retired from tennis with a doubles loss, and this was followed by two high profile departures in the singles including one of the favourites. Kiki Bertens retired during her second round match against Viktoria Kuzmova…
The first round is complete after Tuesday’s order of play in Paris. Of the 32 seeds, just six have fallen. There have been some upsets but still nothing has shocked me. The two highest seeds in action on Tuesday, Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep, were both tested on Monday but came through three setters. More…
There were a sprinkling of seeds to fall on day 2 at the 2019 French Open but nothing has shocked me… yet! Just like Sunday, the first match of the day on Chatrier produced an “upset”. Monday’s Set Points post includes match reviews of Wozniacki-Kudermetova, Stosur-Strycova, Bertens-Parmentier and S.Williams-Diatchenko, as well as media highlights from…
The 2019 French Open began on Sunday with the first day of main draw action in Paris. I love the buzz of an opening day at a Slam! The day began with an early upset but after that, it was pretty much business as usual for the seeds. I’m aiming to do the daily Set…
Madrid and Rome are in the books and we are now just one week away from the start of the 2019 French Open. This post reviews Sunday’s Rome final, as well a few highlights from the Wimbledon No.1 Court roof celebration! I’ll be back next weekend gearing up for the French Open festivities. The main…
The 2019 Internazionali BNL d’italia is back on track after many players had to do double duty on Thursday after Wednesday’s wash-out. Thursday was one of the most frustrating tennis days of the year for me – a case of FOMO as I missed practically everything! The double duty has clearly had an impact on…
Day 2 of main draw action at the BNL Internazionali BNL d’Italia ended on a soggy note with rain interrupting the final women’s match of the day between Elina Svitolina and Victoria Azarenka. The match did finish, and in style with a gripping final set (more in this post). The rain is set to be…
Ciao Roma! Monday was the first day of main draw action at the 2019 Internazionali BNL d’Italia with the likes of Serena, Venus, Muguruza and Azarenka all in action and winning through to the second round. Read on for a trio of match reviews including Keys-Hercog and Kontaveit-Barthel, as well as highlights from Monday in…
That’s a wrap for Madrid! On Saturday, Kiki Bertens won the biggest title of her career, beating Simona Halep in the final, 6-4 6-4. This is my last post from Madrid with review and analysis from Saturday’s final. Rome starts on Monday with the main draw already out. I’ve got a busy week next week…
The 2019 Mutua Madrid Open is drawing to a close with Saturday’s singles locked in between arguably the two best clay-courters on the WTA tour right now. The final between Simona Halep and Kiki Bertens will be played at not before 6:30pm local time in Madrid (5:30pm UK time). Read on for the highlights from…
